Synonyms for countryman
Most common
fellow citizen compatriot homelander peasant boor country mouse ruralist
Definitions
- n. 1
Somebody from one's own country; a fellow countryman.
- n. 2
Somebody from a certain country.
Related words
- Is a kind of
- countryperson person
Forms
- Plural
- countrymen → compatriots, homelanders, peasants, boors…
Example sentences
- compatriot He is not willing to testify for his compatriot.
- peasant Yidir is a peasant who is well-known in his village.
- boor My grandpa describes a Karen as a boor.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| countryman | steady | |
| compatriot | rising | |
| peasant | falling | |
| boor | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- hind1, hick1, boor1, lout1
- 5 letters
- clown1, yokel2, churl
- 6 letters
- rustic2
- 7 letters
- peasant2, bumpkin2, hayseed
- 8 letters
- ruralist
- 10 letters
- compatriot4, homelander
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (yokel2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- campagnard
- Italiano
- campagnolo
- Deutsch
- Landsmann